1st Test Border Gavaskar Trophy November 22-26 1350hrs @ Perth Stadium

[Westend]

It’s always been a boys club, how do you explain Mark Waugh getting 10+ years averaging 40 when there was 6+ players in Shield averaging 55

Yeah but Mark always made that good hundred when he looked like he was about to get dropped

 

[Lunchtime]

Richardson and Morris are back playing in the shield today

Green is fine and get in this side as a batter only...bowling is a bonus

marsh hasn't got the body to stand up in tests anymore IMO ...he want be around much longer

issue has been our 3 and 4 marnus and smudge have been average for years ......you can't perform when your 3 and 4 don't make tons

Marsh shouldn't of been playing Test cricket at all.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Yeah but Mark always made that good hundred when he looked like he was about to get dropped

Have me the you know what’s Junior, couldn’t be bothered batting after he got a ton…

What was Bradman’s line again “a ton is a good net for tomorrow” was something like that

 

[Cmarsh]

To be fair though Junior was in the top 5 fielders we’ve ever had he saved 10-20 runs every test in fielding.

Not sure if Ive ever seen a better pair of catching hands than him.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Marsh shouldn't of been playing Test cricket at all.

Hopefully Green back soon fixes that problem. He’s odds on to break down bowling back to back days

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Not sure if Ive ever seen a better pair of catching hands than him.

I’ll nominate Viv Richards for sure but Junior was elite

 

[Nuggetz]

Unless the pitch has big cracks, it should be good for batting on day 4 and 5. India need a big lead. I wouldn't count out a good aus batting performance.

We could see a day 5 thriller.

 

[big_e]

Hopefully Ric Finlay has just jinxed Jaiswal.

 

[Lunchtime]

What you mean the side that had Hayden, Langer, Ponting, Steve Waugh, Gilchrist, Warne and McGrath?

Well, of coarse.

That side would have beaten the best opposition from any era.

Even the 1990s team too.

 

[celestial]

We probably would have been better off with 4 front line bowlers instead of 3 and lyon. His bowling trajectory today has been awful.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Unless the pitch has big cracks, it should be good for batting on day 4 and 5. India need a big lead. I wouldn't count out a good aus batting performance.

We could see a day 5 thriller.

Exactly how many drinks are you down? Yeah okay they might get 200, that’s improved right? Still lose by 350 plus the useless side

 

[Gough]

Yeah but Mark always made that good hundred when he looked like he was about to get dropped

One of my favourite stats has always been that Ian Redpath has a higher Test average than Mark Waugh.

 

[Lunchtime]

I’ll nominate Viv Richards for sure but Junior was elite

Mark Taylor was good too.

 

[Lunchtime]

One of my favourite stats has always been that Ian Redpath has a higher Test average than Mark Waugh.

Quite happy with Mark Waugh playing as many games as he did. Great to watch.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Mark Taylor was good too.

Pretty good yes definitely better than having Khawaja trying to be a slip fielder lol

That’s a comedy

 

[Nuggetz]

Glad this series has a bit of spice in it. Thought both teams were going to be too friendly.

 

[Lunchtime]

Pretty good yes definitely better than having Khawaja trying to be a slip fielder lol

That’s a comedy

Mark Taylor was a world-class slips fieldsman, honestly he was. He took some gems throughout his career. When he retired in 1999 he held the record for the most catches by a non wicket-keeper.

Imagine as a bowler - Warne and McGrath for example seeing Taylor and Mark Waugh in the slips....as a bowler the confidence would grow.

 

[celestial]

What you mean the side that had Hayden, Langer, Ponting, Steve Waugh, Gilchrist, Warne and McGrath?

Well, of coarse.

That side would have beaten the best opposition from any era.

The 1979-1980 west Indian team that toured australia would have eaten that aforementioned australian team for breakfast .
The bowling lineup alone

Andy roberts
Michael Holding
Joel Garner
Colin Croft
Malcolm Marshall

No batting lineup in any era would have stood a chance against that bowling.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Mark Taylor was a world-class slips fieldsman, honestly he was. He took some gems throughout his career. When he retired in 1999 he held the record for the most catches by a non wicket-keeper.

Imagine as a bowler - Warne and McGrath for example seeing Taylor and Mark Waugh in the slips....as a bowler the confidence would grow.

Kallis is always underrated in these discussions people forget how good he was in the field too but agree on Tubby a great slipper

 

[Lunchtime]

Kallis is always underrated in these discussions people forget how good he was in the field too but agree on Tubby a great slipper

Kallis was good too.

 

[celestial]

Kallis was deceptively athletic for his build. Like pointing he was gifted with the reflexes and iq to play in the slip cordon.

 

[Jamurp]

Getting pumped, one test on from losing to the Windies, not great.

 

[TommyD13]

Would have expected Inglis to be released from duty to play shield… would be good if he could have applied even more pressure to the non-performers by (hopefully) making a score in the shield. Boland also, helps keep the quality of the shield up a bit too

 

[nobbyiscool]

Jesus man, this thread!

Our last series we beat NZ away from home. We had the weird draw against the WIndies, but before that we whacked Pakistan at home and retained the Ashes away in an all-time series.

But we're sacking the whole team after 2 shitty days?

Who are we replacing them with? We couldn't find one opening bat who looked convincing in the whole Sheffield Shield, and the bloke we did end up picking out of position looked rougher than most of the guys this thread wants sacked.

It's wild to me that you'd drop guys who are proven at test level in favour of guys who, in some cases, are barely proven at Shield level. We're not England, you don't hand out baggy greens on the back of 2 or 3 good first class performances, hoping you might find some sheckles of silver on the way.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Yeah I was thinking that ....can I dream of chasing 400 plus on a Perth pitch...SA did it years ago....but they did have Ab Devillers

We have McSweeney